Mar 29 2026 to Mar 29 2026 6 p.m.

Price: Free Book/Buy

Where

Atta Galatta

178, 5th Main Road, 1st Stage, Indiranagar, Bengaluru 560038

Event Description

Sunil Mohan's complex and moving memoir is a deeply felt account of yearning, of knowing with certainty who you wish to be, and of the constant, fundamental questioning of what it means to be born into one body and inhabit an identity defined by a different body and a different set of ascribed and acceptable behaviour.

Asking why he cannot choose to define his gender in his own way, why being 'man' should mean adopting a given, socially acceptable model of masculinity, Sunil writes: "I was always uncomfortable with 'masculinity' even when I deeply felt I was a 'man'….I was hesitant to identify with something I had critiqued so fundamentally."

Honest, open, self-questioning and filled with courage and compassion, Sunil Mohan chooses to move away from the traditional and often linear trajectory of a life narrative. Instead, he turns the lens on the queer, trans, anti-caste, feminist and people's movements of which he has long been a part. In doing so, he resolutely refuses to identify as a victim and thinks through and reflects on the politics of resistance, marking the learning that comes from friendships forged in struggle and commonality of identity, reflecting on the meanings of silence and offering thoughts on strategies for healing and reconciliation.

This book emerged as part of a research study on De-Constructing Masculinities by maraa, a media and arts collective, supported by Edelgive Foundation.

Atta Galatta, 178, 5th Main Rd, Binnamangala, Hoysala Nagar, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560038

Date: Sunday, 29 March 2026

Timing: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Age Group: 16+

Free Entry